A Resolution Establishing Several Senate Select Committees. (Passed)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

OH YOU BROUGHT ME A PRESENT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE, BARNSY!!!!

I am conflicted - Griffghazi is of great concern to me, and perhaps we need a committee to investigate. At the same time, we have tried committees before and it was not good.

Oh come on, grilled politician tastes so delightful.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

The main problem with the Pacific has been building sustained competition. One side just always implodes.

I see your point Barnes, the purpose in mind is the exact same one behind the Government Oversight and Reform Committee in 2012. And those committees did work as long as there were active members on them, the problem was we had too many committees and not enough active Senators to populate them all. And the Reform committee was the best of the lot with people like myself, Nix and others present, making it the most active. I would also note that opposition and the desire to abolish them conveniently first materialized once Nappy and I used it to investigate rimjob in July 2013.

I think the complex nature of these matters makes accomplishing the states goals by the deadline to be rather unlikely, especially when competing with the holidays for attention and time.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Barnes, am I correct in my understanding that these committees would include the entire membership of the Senate?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Wouldn't that apply to the Pacific equally though, Senator Truman?


I am warming up to this. As much as the concern for needless bureacracy is noted from Senator Vitter, I think we need to have in mind the long term problems with the Pacific, its lack of competition and why it has often lagged the other regions behind. It was for a long time locked up by a political machine, longer than any other region. At the same time, it contains the most populous state in real life, as well as three medium sized states.

Understanding this will prove critical to ensuring the same fate does not befall a region under the new constitution.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I accept Senator Truman's amendment as friendly.

The original time consideration was made under the assumption that this would be passed earlier (never a good assumption to make! ) and that Senators would be ore receptive of the proposal if it were on a fixed deadline in the near future.

However, if the Senate wishes to extend the lifetime of the project, I have no objection.

There have been many times that such dates have had to be pushed backed in Senate legislation because it took too long or in some cases didn't make it to the floor in time to make that ambitious deadline.

Also this is an open ended topic and would require reviewing a lot of material, and data from past years to make an informed analysis, particularly with regards to the Pacific.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I agree and am interested to see how this one goes.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE